Category Archives: CNN – US

The Bahamas missed the brunt of Tropical Storm Humberto, which is expected to become a hurricane Sunday. Humberto is moving away from the Bahamas and is currently about 85 miles north of Great Abaco Island and 115 miles northeast of Freeport, according to the National Hurricane Center. The storm has maximum sustained winds of 60…… MORE

Reports of a possible shooter at a mall in Virginia sparked panic Saturday night as people hid in stores and officers searched for a gunman. Hours later, police said they’d found no evidence of a shooting inside the Ballston Quarter mall in Arlington. The incident started shortly before 9 p.m. when the Arlington County Police…… MORE

Cleveland Browns defensive end Chris Smith paid tribute to his girlfriend, who died in a car accident Wednesday, on social media, saying, “God has a plan for all of us we can’t understand.” Petara Cordero was killed after being struck by a car while the two were pulled over with a blown tire. Brown shared…… MORE

A former Roman Catholic priest who spent decades on the run was sentenced to 30 years in federal prison for sexually abusing an altar boy in New Mexico. At a sentencing hearing Friday, US District Judge Martha Vazquez described the case involving Arthur Perrault, 81, as the “worst case that I have ever handled and…… MORE

When a group of special-needs adults in Louisville, Kentucky, made a video of themselves lip-syncing to a Backstreet Boys song, they expected friends and family would love it. But the response they got was larger than life. Down Syndrome of Louisville, an organization serving individuals with the genetic disorder, created a music video for the…… MORE

Eddie Money made it as a singer, but he never officially made it as a cop. Money died on Friday at the age of 70 following complications from esophageal cancer, his family said in a statement. His official website says he followed in his father’s footsteps by joining the NYPD after high school, before leaving…… MORE

A 3-year-old girl lit up her Wisconsin community after she donated hundreds of dollars to her local police department’s K9 division, all through the power of lemonade. It started out as just a way to keep a little girl busy. Molly Stephens was hosting a three-day yard sale at her home in Germantown, and needed…… MORE

A woman and a girl were injured in a shooting at a youth football game in Fort Worth, Texas, a police spokesman said. A group of parents had been arguing Saturday at the game near Eastern Hills Elementary School when the son of one of the parents arrived with a handgun and opened fire, said…… MORE

The Toronto Raptors are making history once again. In June, they became the first Canadian team to win an NBA Championship. This week, they became the first team to sell a branded hijab, the headscarf worn by many Muslim women. The Raptors unveiled the team-branded Nike Pro Hijab on social media Friday. The hijab, which…… MORE

Seventy-six protesters were arrested Saturday afternoon for blocking traffic in Manhattan, a New York Police Department spokesman said. The demonstrators staged a sit-in at the Microsoft store on Fifth Avenue to demand the tech company stop allowing the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to use their technology, according to a press release from the…… MORE